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噘

juē
verb #45,282

Meanings

  1. 1 to pout (the lips)
  2. 2 to stick out (lips)
  3. 3 (dialect) to scold / chew out

Examples

小女孩生气地噘起嘴。
Xiǎo nǚhái shēngqì de juē qǐ zuǐ.
The little girl pouted her lips angrily.
他被妈妈噘了一顿。
Tā bèi māma juē le yī dùn.
He got chewed out by his mom (dialect usage).

Tips

usage
Most common in 噘嘴 (juēzuǐ, to pout). The 'scold' meaning is mainly northern dialect — for standard Mandarin, use 骂 (mà) or 训 (xùn).
mistakes
噘 (juē) and 撅 (juē) are near-synonyms for 'stick out / pout'; 撅 is more general (撅起屁股, stick out one's behind), 噘 is mostly used with 嘴 (mouth).

Stroke Order

噘 juē